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The number of new infections has reached a peak in Germany. Health authorities reported 23,679 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours, according to figures from Thursday morning.
The previous record was reached on November 20 with 23,648 reported cases. In the previous week there were 22,046 new cases on Thursday. The death toll surpassed the 20,000 mark. The RKI recorded 440 new deaths in one day on Thursday. The day before, a maximum of 590 deaths had been reported.
The trend in the number of daily deaths had recently increased, which was expected after the sharp increase in new infections. The total number of people who died from or related to a proven Sars-CoV-2 virus infection rose to 20,372.
Required: Mask requirement in the city of Hesse Offenbach.
Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst (Keystone / DPA / December 9, 2020)
In total, the RKI has counted 1,242,203 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the start of the pandemic (until midnight on December 10). Around 922,100 people are estimated to have recovered.
According to RKI’s management report on Wednesday night, the seven-day R-value across Germany was 0.99 (previous day: 1.02). This means that, in theory, 100 infected people infect 99 more people. The value represents the appearance of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection rate decreases.
